36 | Tees Business
Vital Fire Solutions business
development manager Paul
Burlison (left) and County
Durham and Darlington
Fire and Rescue Service
area manager Dominic
Brown discuss the benefits
of the new state-of-theart P50 fire extinguisher,
which is saving businesses
thousands of pounds.
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Martin Walker looks at how a North East Fire
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usinesses across Teesside now have an
opportunity to potentially save thousands
of pounds with the introduction of new
and state-of-the-art fire extinguishers.
Vital Fire Solutions (VFS), which is the
trading arm of County Durham and Darlington
Fire and Rescue Service, has recently been
commended by businesses across the UK
for the proactive work it is doing in helping
to make efficiencies, in relation to fire safety
products.
VFS signed an exclusive distributor
agreement with Britannia Fire for the North
East and Cumbria areas for the revolutionary
P50 fire extinguisher, following a lengthy
period of due diligence on the product.
Where almost every fire extinguisher within
business premises currently requires an annual
inspection and service, provided by an external
company, the P50 brings new technology,
which allows the product to be installed and
then requires only minimal checks to be
performed by a responsible person on-site.
The P50 extinguisher also comes with a 10year guarantee. Once a customer purchases